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We are a young European country
Our country is amazingly beautiful
We cherish our traditions
We are proud of our history
We are an educated  and hard working nation
And we know how to win
We are building our country
We are confident of our future
Our music is the rhythm of our new life
We are 48 million
We are Ukrainians
Ukraine – new discoveries, new opportunities
Common future

Григорій Хата вже залишив свій слід в історії України:

During Soviet era, Ukrainian history was rewritten and many great deeds were either erased or bent to serve the KGB propaganda.

Below you will find several interesting facts about Ukraine to share with your friends:

1. The first ever democratic constitution was written but Ukrainian hetman (president) Pylyp Orlyk in 1710 some 77 years before the American one.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Pylyp_Orlyk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Constitution

2. People of Trypil culture, what matched those of Ancient Egypt and Greece, lived in the territories of modern Ukraine already back in 6000BC.
Sources:
http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0

3. The first computer in continental Europe was build in Kyiv back in 1950.
Sources:
http://www.ukraine-eu.mfa.gov.ua/eu/en/publication/content/809.htm

4. The first kidney transplant operation in the world was carried out in Ukraine. It happened in Kharkiv in 1933.
Sources:
http://www.ukraine-eu.mfa.gov.ua/eu/en/publication/content/809.htm

5. X-rays were actually discovered by Ukrainian scientist Ivan Pulyuy in 1892, 3 years before Wilhelm Röntgen. However, the latter was more active in promoting the subject and got the glory.
Sources:
http://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%8E%D0%B9
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen

6. Ukrainians built and remain to build the world’s largest airplanes and space shuttles. “Mriya” (Ukrainian for “Dream”) is unbeatable since 1988 when it took over Ruslans, operational since 1982. Ruslans are widely used until today, especially in large NATO operations.
Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-225
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-124

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